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shewage

shewage noun: synonym of scavage.

Noun

shewage (countable and uncountable, plural shewages)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of scavage.
    Synonyms:
    scavage

Synonyms of shewage

Forms of shewage

pluralshewages

Origin of shewage

From Middle English schewage, from Anglo-Norman escavage, escauwage, alteration of earlier escauvinghe (“scavage”), from Middle English shewing, schewing (“inspection, examination, show”), from Old English sċēawung (“a looking at, seeing, contemplation, consideration, respect, regard, reconnoitering, surveying, inspection, examination, scrutiny, a spectacle, show, appearance, pretence, a showing, exhibiting, manifestation, toll on exposure of goods”), equivalent to show + -ing. Doublet of scavage.

Questions about shewage

What does shewage mean?
Shewage means synonym of scavage.
What part of speech is shewage?
Shewage is a noun.
What is the plural of shewage?
The plural of shewage is shewages.

Words near shewage in the dictionary

  1. shew stone
  2. shew stones
  3. shew'd
  4. shew-bread
  5. shewa
  6. shewage
  7. shewanellosis
  8. Sheward
  9. shewas
  10. shewbread
  11. shewbreads

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